From Cody Telep.Â Follow him on TwitterÂ @codywt, email him atÂ cody[AT]borderstan.com.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is asking for the publicâ€™s assistance in locating a person of interest in a December 10 theft at Shaw Middle School at Garnet-Patterson. Police have released surveillance video, which shows a suspect in a hallway of the school in the 2000 block of 10th Street NW just after 5:00 pm. The person of interest is seen leaving a classroom and carrying a plastic bag, which police say contained iPads stolen from the school.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call MPD at 202-727-9099.

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A resident of the U Street area, Telep writes about crime and the police. Heâ€™s slowly but surely finishing a PhD in criminology at George Mason University. When heâ€™s not working on his dissertation, you can find him eating and drinking all over Borderstan. Follow him on Twitter @codywt. Email him at cody@borderstan.com.